disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
reality; actuality; hard fact
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to lose heart; to lose motivation
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
how many people; a number of people
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
imagination; supposition; guess
myself; yourself; I; me; you
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
sympathy; compassion; pity
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
personal affair; one's own affair
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit